Creative Territories and Sustainable Local Development

Recommended Prerequisites

NA

Teaching Methods

Active participation by students will be promoted, motivating them to apply the skills acquired in practical activities, in on-site observation and in the discussion of previously analysed case studies ("flipped classroom"). The collection, presentation and discussion of information will be encouraged to test theoretical assumptions, identify typologies, evaluate direct and indirect impacts on tourism and territorial dynamics. Several sessions will favour the development, in this curricular unit, of a problem/project-based learning approach.

Learning Outcomes

- Acknowledge and discuss the evolution of the concept and dynamics of creative tourism, including its relationship with territories;

- Identify creative tourism actors and networks;

- Identify types and profiles of creative tourists;

- Discuss the role of creative tourism in the sustainable development of territories;

- Recognize and understand critical success factors in creative tourism projects, in their relationship with cultural and heritage resources and in different territorial contexts;

- Identify current and future trends in creative tourism and creative territories;

- Develop skills in developing, implementing and evaluating creative tourism strategies and projects aimed at locally-based sustainable development.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1 - Reference frameworks and trends in local development and creative tourism

2 - The contemporary creative sector as a tourist product: production, consumption and experience

3 - From global to local: creative tourism agents, policies and projects

4 - Territories looking for themselves! Promotion, Differentiation and Sustainable Development

5 - Impacts of creative tourism and its relationship with territories

6 - Critical success factors in creative tourism projects

7 - Trends and challenges of creative tourism and creative territories

8 - Case studies: project-based learning.

Head Lecturer(s)

Professor a Definir - Faculdade de Letras

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Resolution Problems: 25.0%
Report of a seminar or field trip: 25.0%
Research work: 50.0%

Bibliography

Almeida, L. (2021). Creative tourism as a local development strategy. In N. Duxbury, et al. (Eds). Creative Tourism: Entrepreneurship, cultural resources and engaging creative travellers. CABI.

Balsas, C. (2019). A collaborative geophilosophical perspective on creative territories: The Massachusetts-New York case. Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia, 75(4), 2537-2566.

Duxbury, N. & Richards, G. (Eds.) (2019). A research agenda for creative tourism. Edward Elgar.

Remoaldo, P., Alves, J., & Ribeiro, V. (Eds.) (2022). Creative tourism and sustainable territories: Insights from Southern Europe. Emerald.

Richards, G. & Duxbury, N. (2021). Where is creative tourism headed? Trends in practice. In N. Duxbury, et al. (Eds.), Creative tourism: Activating cultural resources and engaging creative travellers (pp. 53-58). CABI.

Solima, L. & Minguzzi, A. (2014). Territorial development through cultural tourism and creative activities. Mondes du Tourisme, 10, 6-16.